Roberto Carlos

Screen capture of the first bage of an article in American Political Science Review, reading as follows: Title: "They Attend Strictly to Their Own Business": Disability and the Construction of the Worker-Citizen Ann K. Heffernan, University of Michigan, United States Contributing to a growing interest in disability in political science, this article makes the case for the central role of disability in upholding the belief in work as requisite for full citizenship. Turning to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it shows how disability and the figure of the disabled worker were used to fortify emergent understandings of work against the changes wrought by industrial capitalism. Focusing on three sites of disabled labor—the school-based workshop, custodial institution, and industrial factory—it reveals the crucial ideological work performed by disability in sustaining the myth of the independent worker-citizen. Where existing scholarship has focused on disability either as an identity category or as a target of rights and policy, this article models an alternative approach, arguing for the relevance of disability as a concept that is integral to, and productive of, the ways we understand citizenship and political belonging.

Coming soon to an open access APSR near you:

(all kidding aside, I'm so happy to see this piece out in the world)

Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor, but Doesn’t Say Why

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...

I'm stunned. ICE attorneys not identifying themselves in COURT?

I gotta say, as a Jew, it’s incredibly fucked up and sad that Elon Musk and Grok being Nazi sympathizers hasn’t caused a mass exodus (or coordinated boycott) from X.

I don’t like to shame people for what is clearly a failure of collective action, but honestly, what the fuck?

R&P welcomes our new editor, Katelyn Stauffer!

@kstauffer.bsky.social is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Georgia.

Opinion | Taking From the Poor and Giving to the Rich Is Not Populism

The “big, beautiful bill” will devastate rural areas and make it harder for those falling behind to ever get ahead. New Edsall article featuring @jacobhacker.bsky.social, Noam Lupu, myself and many more. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/o...

When Panethnic Primes Get Trumped: Unpacking Latinx Voter Preferences in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election - Political Behavior Throughout his presidency, Trump employed exclusionary rhetoric and implemented policies that targeted Latinxs. Based on prior research on the political effects of co-ethnic group-based attacks, many ...

New OA article (with Al-Fahm & @mjonescorrea.bsky.social) in Political Behavior: We test if Latinx Trump supporters pulled back after reminders of his anti-Latinx rhetoric. Despite expectations, support grew in 2020. Suggesting co-ethnic attacks may matter less n/1 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Our study adds to the literature challenging the idea that Latinxs rally around shared identity when targeted. Many, especially conservatives, prioritize party & ideology over group appeals. As Latinx political engagement grows, co-ethnic attacks may matter less. n/5 (end)

Even ambivalent GOP Latinxs didn’t shift when told about Trump’s anti-Latinx rhetoric or harmful COVID policies impacting the Latinx community. Support stayed firm among these Latinx respondents. n/4

Reminders didn’t shift Latinx Trump voters. Our experiment shows partisanship drives support. These voters were more conservative, anti-immigrant, & optimistic about the future. Only ambivalent Dems moved off the sidelines to Biden, suggesting group-based appeals still move some, but not all. n/3

30% of Latinxs backed Trump in 2020, consistent with past GOP support. But his anti-Latinx rhetoric & policies were unusually harsh compared to past GOP candidates. We tested whether Latinx Trump supporters would rethink their vote preferences when reminded of this. They did not. n/2

When Panethnic Primes Get Trumped: Unpacking Latinx Voter Preferences in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election - Political Behavior Throughout his presidency, Trump employed exclusionary rhetoric and implemented policies that targeted Latinxs. Based on prior research on the political effects of co-ethnic group-based attacks, many ...

New OA article (with Al-Fahm & @mjonescorrea.bsky.social) in Political Behavior: We test if Latinx Trump supporters pulled back after reminders of his anti-Latinx rhetoric. Despite expectations, support grew in 2020. Suggesting co-ethnic attacks may matter less n/1 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Getting Out the (Newly-Enfranchised) Vote: Encouraging Voter Registration After Rights Restoration - Political Behavior Academic research describes low rates of political participation among people with criminal convictions, but offers few ideas about how to reach these low-propensity voters. After New Jersey expanded ...

Super excited this is out in @polbehavior.bsky.social w/ @arielrwhite.bsky.social @melissamichelson.bsky.social #SamRoth & @dosocialjustice.bsky.social

"Getting out the (newly enfranchised) vote: Encouraging voter registration after rights restoration"

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Texas’ Migrant Tuition Break Blocked After Texas Joins D.O.J. to Kill It

Heart-broken for the 20k Texas students who get to afford college every year because of this.

As many as 900 local UTRGV students are enrolled annually under this provision.

Horrendous to see state leaders rubber stamp this without a fight

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/u...

This whole thread is hugely important— it chronicles the on-going disappearance of a broad swath of critical publicly-funded data across US department and agency websites.

Texas agrees with feds to end in-state tuition for undocumented students Almost 20,000 undocumented college students in Texas will likely lose in-state tuition after this sudden policy reversal.

🚨Another HUGE bit of news tonight; in collaboration with the Trump admin, Texas just kicked 20,000 undocumented college students — people who grew up in Texas and graduated from high school there — out of eligibility for in-state tuition.

This may force thousands to drop out.

Apply now for a postdoctoral research fellow position with the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics. A bull horn is on a blue background with the job title in yellow.

It’s not too late to apply for a Postdoc position with Team CID. Join us ✨this fall✨ to work with restricted and hard-to-access data related to income and social inequality topics. Applications due June 15! myumi.ch/155qg
#nowhiring #academicsky

Tagging my fantastic former and future colleague @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social

Multiple explosions and sirens in Indian-administered Kashmir’s Jammu city Pakistan’s FM says it ‘deserves to respond’; his Indian counterpart says any response will be an ‘escalation’.

i know there is a new pope, but there is also serious ongoing war between two nuclear powers with consequences for everyone. you should care about it:

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...

The Catholic Church played a major role in supporting and bringing down several authoritarian regimes.

I doubt this is a coincidence.

We are extremely pleased to announce the preliminary release of the combined pre-election and post-election dataset for the ANES 2024 Time Series Study!

The data and documentation can be downloaded from the ANES website at: electionstudies.org/data-center/...

Best,

The ANES Team

Thank you, friend. This is super kind.

As I wrap up my last class of the semester, it feels appropriate to announce that I will be joining @umich.edu Political Science & @umisrcps.bsky.social this fall. While leaving my home state and my many wonderful colleagues is hard, I am super excited about what is in store in Ann Arbor.
Go Blue!

Congratulations!

Hegseth’s family gets to see war plans but we can’t get basic info about which of our grad students they’re targeting for deportation.

The Politics of Skin Tone A nuanced examination of the salience of skin tone within African American politics. Research shows that skin tone is associated with significant differences in life experiences. On average, African A...

Excited to share that my new book is now available for pre-order! This book has been a labor of love for the past decade & I am grateful to a whole community of people who supported this project.

Get 30% off your purchase using code UCPNEW at UChicago Press! Link: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Title page of academic article titled “Plutopopulism: Wealth and Trump’s Financial Base.” Authors listed are Sean Kates (University of Pennsylvania), Eric Manning (Princeton University), Tali Mendelberg (Princeton University), and Omar Wasow (University of California, Berkeley). Abstract: Comparative scholarship suggests authoritarian candidates often rely on backing from the wealthy. The wealthy are also said to play an important role in American campaign finance. Studies of Donald Trump, however, found that he drew significant support from white Americans with less education and privilege. We evaluate wealthy and non-wealthy Americans’ financial support for Trump, compared to other candidates, by constructing a comprehensive dataset of property values matched to contributions and voter files. We find Trump underperformed among wealthy Republican donors while mobilizing new non-wealthy donors. Trump also diversified the donorate, especially by education. That is, Trump built an unusual coalition of wealthy and non-wealthy donors. Our results support an alternative, “plutopopulist” model of Trump’s financial base. This study demonstrates the importance of studying both non-wealthy and wealthy Americans, the group who give the most but whose individual behavior has been studied the least. Open access link to paper: http://cup.org/4cfm0Az

Though alliances of wealthy and non-wealthy are not new, Trump’s plutopopulist coalition may reflect uniquely American campaign finance laws and practices which enable both unlimited, large donations by the wealthiest Americans and broad participation among non-wealthy. /fin

Open: cup.org/4cfm0Az

U.S. deference to, and respect for, Latin American sovereignty fits the historical pattern.

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.